The Defense Department's decision to spend $13 billion on its aging fleet of C-5 Galaxy cargo planes rather than purchase more capable aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster II is worrisome, according to this editorial from Antonio Gil Morales, a former national commander of the American GI Forum. The decision to modernize an aging fleet instead of buying new C-17s shortchanges troops and national needs, Morales writes.
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And unlike the C-5A, the modern C-17 can reliably perform the full range of missions demanded by our military, such as the precision airdrop of a brigade, the delivery of humanitarian assistance or acting as a flying ambulance to evacuate wounded warriors.
Click Click D'oh wrote:That article strikes me as a bunch of C-17 Rah Rah.
